Flooring Tile - grout and thinset

I have 230 square feet of floor that I am planning on tileing with 12"x12" tiles, about how much thinset and grout would I need. Thanks Chuck.

Hi
Somewhere between 3 and 4 bags of thin set( if your floors are level and smooth)...25 pound bag of grout will be close too.

Thank you. I am trying to get a close estimate for all the materials. Chuck

CustomBuildingProducts has a project calculator for calculating grout and thinset
http://www.custombuildingproducts.com/project/index.html

Keep in mind this is asuming you have a perfectly flat floor. and with laying larger tiles the flatter the floor the better. I just did a 150' floor with 18" tiles and I used close to 10 bags of thinset and 7 lbs of grout. I used a lot of thinset under the backerboard to get the floor was perfectly flat. I used a 30% overlap on the tile and it really breaks up the grout lines and gives a nice effect. You can see a picture of it at http://perrin.lacis.com/kitchen/pages/DSCN1682.htm

Thanks again. I am thinking about laying the tile myself but I have never done it before. So I am trying to determine if I can do it right or just hire someone to lay them. I had one offer at $1.50 per square foot. plus materials. Chuck.

Kliot, That looks nice are the 18" tiles easier than 12"? Chuck

I think if you take your time you can do the job yourself with no problem, but $1.50 per foot for installation sound pretty reasonable to me. I don't think the 18" tiles would be any easier to install than the 12" tiles. Larger tiles tend to be harder to install than smaller ones because there is less room for error when it comes to how level your floor is.

P.S. I had nover done a floor either and I had no problem doing mine, but I did spend a lot of time online researching it.

Thanks again Perrin, I am starting on a total remodel of the kitchen so every dollar I can save will be great. I am going to a tile installing class at 10:00am at Lowes then one at 2:00pm at Home Depot. I think I can handle the tiles. Chuck.

To install 12x12 tiles use a 1/4x1/4x3/8" trowel. You'll get appx. 60 s/f per 50# bag.
Grout coverage will depend on the width of your grout line. I prefer a 3/16" grout line. Home ctrs. have spacers to help with that. A 25# bag of grout will cver between 150s/f to 200s/f.
While your at Lowes, pick up a D.Y.I ceramic floor video (about $7), it will give you a lot of good tips.